FORTEACHERS ONLY
The University of the State of New York
REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION
PS–ES PHYSICAL SETTING/EARTH SCIENCE
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 — 1:15 to 4:15 p.m., only
SCORING KEY AND RATING GUIDE
Directions to the Teacher:
Refer to the directions on page 3 before rating student papers.
Updated information regarding the rating of this examination may be posted on the New York State
Education Department’s web site during the rating period. Visit the site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/
and select the link “Latest Information” for any recently posted information regarding this examina-
tion. This site should be checked before the rating process for this examination begins and at least one
more time before the final scores for the examination are recorded.
Part A and Part B–1
Allow 1 credit for each correct response.
Part A
Part B–1
1 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
13 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
25 . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
36 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
44 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
14 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
26 . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
37 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
45 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
15 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
27 . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
38 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
46 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
4 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
16 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
28 . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
39 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
47 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
5 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
17 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
29 . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
40 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
48 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
6 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
18 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
30 . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
41 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
49 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
7 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
19 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
31 . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
42 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
50 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
Part B–1 Score
8 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
20 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
32 . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
43 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
9 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
21 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
33 . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
10 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
22 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
34 . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
11 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
23 . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
35 . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
Part A Score
12 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
24 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . .
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Directions to the Teacher
Follow the procedures below for scoring student answer papers for the Physical
Setting/Earth Science examination. Additional information about scoring is provided in the
publication Information Booklet for Administering and Scoring Regents Examinations in the
Sciences .
Use only red ink or red pencil in rating Regents papers. Do not correct the student’s
work by making insertions or changes of any kind.
On the detachable answer sheet for Part A and Part B–1, indicate by means of a check-
mark each incorrect or omitted answer. In the box provided at the end of each part, record
the number of questions the student answered correctly for that part.
At least two science teachers must participate in the scoring of each student’s responses
to the Part B–2 and Part C open-ended questions. Each of these teachers should be respon-
sible for scoring a selected number of the open-ended questions on each answer paper. No
one teacher is to score all the open-ended questions on a student’s answer paper.
Students’ responses must be scored strictly according to the Scoring Key and Rating
Guide. For open-ended questions, credit may be allowed for responses other than those
given in the rating guide if the response is a scientifically accurate answer to the question
and demonstrates adequate knowledge as indicated by the examples in the rating guide. In
the student’s answer booklet, record the number of credits earned for each answer in the
box printed to the right of the answer lines or spaces for that question.
Fractional credit is not allowed. Only whole-number credit may be given to a response.
Units need not be given when the wording of the questions allows such omissions.
Raters should enter the scores earned for Part A, Part B–1, Part B–2, and Part C on the
appropriate lines in the box printed on the answer booklet and then should add these four
scores and enter the total in the box labeled “Total Written Test Score.” The student’s
score for the Earth Science Performance Test should be entered in the space provided.
Then, the student’s raw scores on the performance test and written test should be
converted to a scaled score by using the conversion chart that will be posted on the
Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ on Wednesday, January 26, 2005.
The student’s scaled score should be entered in the labeled box on the student’s answer
booklet. The scaled score is the student’s final examination score.
All student answer papers that receive a scaled score of 60 through 64 must be scored
a second time. For the second scoring, a different committee of teachers may score the stu-
dent’s paper or the original committee may score the paper, except that no teacher may
score the same open-ended questions that he/she scored in the first rating of the paper. The
school principal is responsible for assuring that the student’s final examination score is based
on a fair, accurate, and reliable scoring of the student’s answer paper.
Because scaled scores corresponding to raw scores in the conversion chart may change
from one examination to another, it is crucial that for each administration, the conversion
chart for that administration be used to determine the student’s final score.
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Part B–2
Allow a total of 15 credits for this part. The student must answer all questions in this part.
51
[1] Allow 1 credit for the correct placement of the X on the diagram. The center of the X must be
between the brackets indicated on Earth’s orbit, as shown in the diagram below.
January 4
July 4
winter in the
147,600,000 km
Sun
152,600,000 km
summer in the
Northern
Northern
Hemisphere
X
]
Hemisphere
]
(Not drawn to scale)
Key
Earth motions
Revolution
Rotation
52
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
The North Pole is tilted toward the Sun in the summer.
In summer, the Sun is higher in the sky due to the tilt of Earth’s axis.
New York State receives higher angles of insolation in summer when Earth is farthest from the Sun.
New York State receives lower angles of insolation in winter when Earth is closest to the Sun.
greater duration of insolation
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
53
[1] Allow 1 credit for correctly drawing the 60-foot contour line. It must extend to the edges of the map
to receive credit. If other contour lines are drawn, all lines must be correct to receive credit.
Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, this example:
A
60
96
71
64
68
95
90
80
40
80
97
100
77
92
84
60
52
86
37
38
60
78
83
78
k
e
49
100
er
65
51
C
58
a
85
59
34
E
l m
28
75
40
20
91
80
18
40
43
77
17
38
25
38
60
11
10
23
44
23
B
42
17
7
36
25
10
27
0
20
0
20
18
Steeler Bay
12
N
0
1
2
3 miles
54
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
south
southerly direction
north to south
55
[2] Allow 1 credit for the value of 20 (±1).
and
Allow 1 credit for correct units. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these examples:
feet/mile
ft/mi
feet per mile
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
56
[2] An example of a correct response is shown below.
220
5
.45
Allow 2 credits if five or six variables are correctly plotted. The feather for wind speed may be on
either side of the staff. Allow credit for any overcast indication that shades half of the circle.
Allow only 1 credit if only three or four variables are correctly plotted.
Note: Do not allow credit for 1022.2 or 22.0 or 220 mb; 5 mi; .45 inches or 45.
57
[1] Allow 1 credit for Holocene Epoch.
58
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, this example:
Cascade volcanic
mountains
West
East
Oceanic crust
Continental crust
Rigid mantle
Rigid mantle
Asthenosphere
Asthenosphere
( Not drawn to scale)
59
[1] Allow 1 credit for lithosphere .
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
60
[1] Allow 1 credit for the correct response shown below.
100
75
50
25
0
61
[1] Allow 1 credit for 5.7 × 10 3 years or 5,700 years.
62
[2] Allow 2 credits, 1 credit for each of two correct responses. Acceptable responses include, but are not
limited to, these examples:
Air rises.
Air expands.
Air cools.
The temperature reaches the dewpoint.
Water vapor condenses.
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Part C
Allow a total of 20 credits for this part. The student must answer all questions in this part.
63
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, this example:
1
February has only 28 or 29 days and a complete cycle of the Moon phases takes 29 2
days.
64
[1] Allow 1 credit for 13 .
65
[1] Allow 1 credit for Earth being located between the Sun and the Moon. Shading of Earth and the
Moon is not necessary. The Sun, the Moon, and Earth must be identified but do not need to be
drawn to scale. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, this example:
Sun
Earth
Moon
66
[2] Allow 2 credits, 1 credit for each of two correct responses. Acceptable responses include, but are not
limited to, these examples:
Friction from Earth’s atmosphere causes many meteors to burn up.
Many meteors fall into the ocean so craters aren’t visible.
Old craters are eroded away.
Vegetative growth may hide evidence of a crater.
Plate tectonics has destroyed some craters.
Deposition has buried some craters.
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
67
[1] Allow 1 credit if four or five points are correctly plotted (±10 km). Acceptable responses include, but
are not limited to, this example:
A
B
Earth’s Surface
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
0
100
200
300
400
500
Distance From Location A Toward Location B (km)
68
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
Mariana Trench
trench
convergent plate boundary
subduction zone
overriding plate
subduction plate
69
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
Stockton sandstone is on the bottom.
Law of Superposition
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
70
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
Contact metamorphism can be found on both sides of the Palisade Sill within the Brunswick
sandstone.
An intrusion is younger than the rock it intrudes.
71
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
The rifting of North America occurred.
Pangea began to break up.
North America and Africa began to separate.
72
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
The lower latitudes have longer growing seasons.
As latitude increases, the length of the growing season decreases.
73
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
modifying influence of a large body of water
Prevailing winds off the lake keep temperatures warmer.
nearness to a large body of water
74
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
As elevation increases, the growing season is shorter.
The growing season is shorter in the mountain region than in the lowland region.
75
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
unconformity
nonconformity
time gap in the rock record
buried erosional surface
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P HYSICAL SETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – concluded
76 [1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
heat and pressure
recrystallizing of preexisting rock
metamorphism
77
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
Hexameroceras
Eucalyptocrinus
Eurypterus
Cooksonia
Cystiphyllum
Eospirifer
78
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
coarse
nonvesicular
large grains
big crystals
79
[2] Examples of correct responses are shown below.
Mineral A — potassium feldspar or orthoclase
Mineral B — plagioclase feldspar or Na–Ca feldspar
Mineral C — quartz
Allow 2 credits if all three minerals are correctly identified.
Allow only 1 credit if only one or two minerals are correctly identified.
80
[1] Allow 1 credit for a correct response. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to, these
examples:
melting and solidification
melting and crystallization
cooling and crystallization
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[OVER]
The Chart for Determining the Final Examination Score for the January 2005
Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science will be posted
on the Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ on
Wednesday, January 26, 2005. Conversion charts provided for previous
administrations of the Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth
Science must NOT be used to determine students’ final scores for this
administration.
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Map to Core Curriculum
January 2005 Physical Setting/Earth Science
Question Numbers
Key Ideas/Performance Indicators
Part A
Part B
Part C
Standard 1
Math Key Idea 1
55
67
Math Key Idea 2
16,35
72,74
Math Key Idea 3
Science Inquiry Key Idea 1
28
38,43,44,49,52
63,66,68,70,73
Science Inquiry Key Idea 2
Science Inquiry Key Idea 3
1,3,8,10,11,12,
48,59,61
71,77,79,80
18,20,22,23,26,
27,30
English Description Key Idea 1
Standard 2
Key Idea 1
Key Idea 2
41,42
Key Idea 3
Standard 6
Key Idea 1
17,21,34
50,57,62
Key Idea 2
13,14,19,24,25,
16,37,38,39,42,
65,69,70,73,74,
28,31,32,33
43,45,47,51,53,
75,78
54,56
Key Idea 3
53
Key Idea 4
Key Idea 5
25
40,41,46,58,60,
62,64,76
Key Idea 6
Standard 7
Key Idea 1
Key Idea 2
Standard 4
Performance Indicator 1
1,2,3,4,5,7,10,
36,37,38,44,48,
63,64,64,66,69,
11,21,22,29
49,50,51,52,57,
70,71,75,76,77
60,61
Performance Indicator 2
6,8,9,12,13,14,
39,40,41,42,43,
66,67,68,71,72,
15,16,17,18,19,
45,46,47,53,54,
73,74
25,28,29,30,31,
55,56,57,58,59,
32,33,34,35
62
Performance Indicator 3
18,20,23,24,26,
76,78,79,80
27
Reference Tables
ESRT 2001 Edition
1,3,8,10,11,12,
37,39,40,41,42,
68,71,76,77,78,
13,16,18,19,20,
48,55,56,57,59,
79,80
22,23,26,27,30,
61
32,33
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